Senators look into treatment, wages of Florida tomato pickers From: chron.com
Tagged: Florida
U.S. lawmakers called for a federal review of Florida tomato picker wages and greater oversight of worker conditions during a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, questioning claims by an industry group that the workers earn an average of $12.50 an hour.
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“I want you to do the math with me,” Durbin said in his opening statement of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee hearing.
Workers would have to fill and empty a 32-pound bucket of tomatoes, each worth about 45 cents, about every two minutes all day long to earn the $12.50, he said.”*
*From: www.chron.com
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